Title :
Phase sensitive amplification in a highly nonlinear lead-silicate fibre
Author :
Ettabib, Mohamed A. ; Jones, Liam ; Kakande, Joseph ; Slavik, Radan ; Parmigiani, Francesca ; Feng, Xian ; Poletti, Francesco ; Ponzo, Giorgio M. ; Shi, Jindan ; Petrovich, Marco N. ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Loh, Wei H. ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate phase-sensitive amplification in a highly nonlinear lead-silicate W-type fibre. A phase-sensitive gain swing of 6dB was observed in a 1.56m sample of the fibre for a total launched power of 33dBm.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; gain 66 dB; highly nonlinear lead-silicate W-type fibre; highly nonlinear lead-silicate fibre; phase sensitive amplification; phase-sensitive amplification; phase-sensitive gain swing; size 1.56 m; Dispersion; Gain; Lead; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
